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# Project Reach

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/project-reach-ocds-h6vhtk-052b13). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED: "Project Reach". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/network-rail-infrastructure-limited-coh-02904587)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** works
- **Classifications (CPV):** Ancillary works for telecommunications, Construction and ancillary works for telephone and communication lines, Construction work for communication lines, Construction work for electricity power lines, Electricity distribution and control apparatus (+21 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0023
- **Awarded Value:** £935,000,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-052b13`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/project-reach-ocds-h6vhtk-052b13#tl-md)

## Description
Following the completion of a competitive procedure, Network Rail ("NR") intends to appoint the Digital Reach Partners consortium to design, deploy, support and fund new public communications networks and supporting infrastructure on the railway in return for the right to use and commercially exploit the new networks and infrastructure under a long-term concession.
The concession may also involve using, upgrading or increasing NR's existing telecoms infrastructure assets.
The consortium comprises Digital Reach Partners Limited, a subsidiary of Neos Networks Limited, as the fibre partner ("Fibre Partner"), and Freshwave Facilities Limited as the connectivity partner ("Connectivity Partner") (together the "Concessionaire Partners").
NR will now observe a standstill period of at least 10 calendar days from the date of this notice. Following expiry of the standstill period, NR and the Concessionaire Partners will enter into a concession agreement and other concession documents

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** Not published
- **CPV codes:** 31200000, 32000000, 32412100, 32520000, 32521000, 32522000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** PROJECT REACH
BACKGROUND TO NETWORK RAIL TELECOMS
NR owns, operates and develops most of Great Britain's railway infrastructure, which includes over 16,000 km of fibre networks and c. 2,500 wireless masts with co-location potential alongside the rail...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Project Reach (active)
  - Award id: `029322-2025-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Digital Reach Partners Limited, Freshwave Facilities Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-149970`, `GB-FTS-149971`
  - Value: £935,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Project Reach (active)
  - Signed Value: £935,000,000
  - Signed Date: 01/06/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F029322-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-06-02T16:40:39.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T05:50:44.018Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-052b13